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Endorsement Requirements

Endorsements are attachments to educator certificates that expand the areas the certificate holder is authorized to teach. Once issued, endorsements are automatically renewed with the certificate on which they were posted.  

Click the link to view the requirements for endorsements below.

  • Art, PreK-12
  • Bilingual, PreK-12
  • Computer Science, 6-12
  • Computer Science, PreK-8
  • Computer Science, PreK-12
  • Cooperative Education, K-12 
  • Dance, PreK-12
  • Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Birth-Grade 12
  • Dramatic Arts/Theater, PreK-12
  • Driver's Education
  • Early Childhood Education, Birth – Grade 3
  • Elementary World Language, K-8
  • English as a Second Language, PreK-12 
  • Gifted, PreK-12 Endorsements 
  • Library-Media Specialist, PreK-12
  • Literacy, K-5
  • Mathematics Specialist, K-8 
  • Middle Grades, 5-9
  • Mild/Moderate Disabilities, PreK-12
  • Moderate/Severe Disabilities, PreK-12
  • Music, PreK-12
  • Physical Education, PreK-12
  • Reading Specialist, 6-12 
  • Reading Specialist, K-8 
  • Reading Specialist, K-12 
  • Structured English Immersion, PreK-12 
  • Visually Impaired, Birth-Grade 12

 

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